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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 34
  6. 44

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 281 of 1,725 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 23 26 34 4429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

1732times
1832times
2335times
2628times
34

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32times
4430times

Every number was expected about that many times after 280 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (18, 34, 44) with the draw of 25 August 2012 — its closest relative in 280 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 December 2012): 17, 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 63th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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